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they agreed that he would be allowed to travel to the united states for study. >> present obama was talking about consequences in europe that may have the fact here at home. we will be back a minute. >> it is. president obama is trying to avoid a calamity that could resonate or why. friday he elected nearly elected french president. french president has been threatened to remove troops in afghanistan. president obama will try to stall it appeared >> thousands of protesters are processing in chicago in irian the have many different agendas. let's take a live look outside and sentences up. -- at san francisco. it is misty out there. be back in a minute. we're back at 7:16 a.m.. we are looking of florida. and lost for the first commercial rocket to be launched was scrap the last minute. this company would make history by launching this rocket to the international space station. they will attend this again. >> tamara about 30,000 walkers well be an lockean or running the bay a brace -- beta breakers race. here is a look what you should expect. >> anticipated wreckers weekend. is bay to breakers
they agreed that he would be allowed to travel to the united states for study. >> present obama was talking about consequences in europe that may have the fact here at home. we will be back a minute. >> it is. president obama is trying to avoid a calamity that could resonate or why. friday he elected nearly elected french president. french president has been threatened to remove troops in afghanistan. president obama will try to stall it appeared >> thousands of protesters are...
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you always think the next president of the united states is going to be nicer to reporters than the one before. >> it's just the opposite. >> yeah. at the risk of sounding like the geriatric panel. i remember when i was in china in the '80s! i was in china in the '80s and i didn't have a visa either. in some ways it's liberating to fly below the radar and it makes you pick up on stories that the officially sanctioned correspondents are always spending their time at the ministry press conference and you don't bother. you go straight to the new generation that's really making change. it's maybe sort of a policing that they don't -- i'm sure it's a pain in the neck too, i don't mean to sound pollyannaish. sometimes it reflects your coverage to be on the outside and that's a good thing. >> introduce went from china to russia. >> i did. >> what kinds of revelations did you have in that sort of comparison? >> well, we were all -- the thing about the russians, they love to talk. blah, blah, blah. so easy to conduct interviews with russians, you couldn't get them to stop talking. the chinese, i
you always think the next president of the united states is going to be nicer to reporters than the one before. >> it's just the opposite. >> yeah. at the risk of sounding like the geriatric panel. i remember when i was in china in the '80s! i was in china in the '80s and i didn't have a visa either. in some ways it's liberating to fly below the radar and it makes you pick up on stories that the officially sanctioned correspondents are always spending their time at the ministry...
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states, might be going to vacation in the united states, might be going to do business in the united states. >> on average they spend over $6,000 per visit. renting rooms in a hotel, going to shopping malls and buying things, eating in restaurants, taking taxi cabs, so they're spending money in america and so they're creating jobs. >> worldwide, the state department issued 7.8 million non-immigrant visas in 2011. the greatest demand was from brazil and china. american consular officers are charged with deciding whether those visas are awarded and to whom. those officers train at the foreign service institute outside washington dc. >> consular work is up close and personal diplomacy. how we conduct ourselves is just the empathetic voice for a distraught american, the professional, dignified visa interview. the transparency as we uphold our laws. this is public diplomacy. c>>lae >> consular work is one of the key elements of the mission of the foreign service and consular officers who are posted overseas in u.s. embassies and consulates have the principal requirement of protecting u.s.
states, might be going to vacation in the united states, might be going to do business in the united states. >> on average they spend over $6,000 per visit. renting rooms in a hotel, going to shopping malls and buying things, eating in restaurants, taking taxi cabs, so they're spending money in america and so they're creating jobs. >> worldwide, the state department issued 7.8 million non-immigrant visas in 2011. the greatest demand was from brazil and china. american consular...
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as the united states becomes more diverse, more interactive, more developed technology wise, we have to understand that the only barrier that we have to break is through communications. especially through languages such as chinese. improving the foreign language capacity of the nation is crucial to the united states' success over this lifetime. in order to become powerful, we have to learn to adapt and learn new knowledge. through language and immersion, you achieve both requirements. thank you for your time. i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you very much. major mitchell, please proceed with your statement. >> chairman ochoa, i thank you for the opportunity to discuss my experiences as a born fellow and the impact it's had on my career as an army officer. my fellowship afforded me the opportunity to spend a semester at the american university in cairo's arabic language institute. it was an experience which significantly shaped my decision to enter the military and has significantly impacted my career as an army officer specialized in the affairs of the arab w
as the united states becomes more diverse, more interactive, more developed technology wise, we have to understand that the only barrier that we have to break is through communications. especially through languages such as chinese. improving the foreign language capacity of the nation is crucial to the united states' success over this lifetime. in order to become powerful, we have to learn to adapt and learn new knowledge. through language and immersion, you achieve both requirements. thank you...
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she has one son and lives in the united states. her dream is to return to school and to finish her education. >> thank you for your work in championing human rights everywhere. i join you in the case of ongoing human rights in china. the case of mr. chen not only highlights these abuses but the need to evaluate the current status of u.s., china registrations. while still unfolding mr. chen appears to mark a watershed moment for u.s.-china relations. despite many serious remaining concerns i believe it's important to stress the significance of the u.s. reaching two deals on this sensitive crisis with the chinese as well as engaging in the annual strategic and economic dialogue as planned. these talks underscore the vast array of national and economic security issues in which is u.s. and china must continue. we must continue to work toward greater understanding. with regard to north korea, iran, the south china sea, international property rights and currency manipulation. i believe efforts to improve cooperation officially and throug
she has one son and lives in the united states. her dream is to return to school and to finish her education. >> thank you for your work in championing human rights everywhere. i join you in the case of ongoing human rights in china. the case of mr. chen not only highlights these abuses but the need to evaluate the current status of u.s., china registrations. while still unfolding mr. chen appears to mark a watershed moment for u.s.-china relations. despite many serious remaining concerns...
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planting these trees all over the united states. thank you again for coming. i hope this tree, the cherry tree, will further blossom in the years to come. 6 trees we have planted in the square. and nine trees in golden gate park. still more in san francisco. more than 150 years of history of cultural exchange. this is really a great place. i cannot think of a more fitting location to plant a tree. thank you for coming and i hope you will enjoy it. [applause] >> one other short, special ceremony that i want to acknowledge. we're joined by our fire chief. we are joined by our director of public works. we are joined by our director of the department of the environment. human rights commissioners -- we are joined by the state department. i do nothing we have ever met. we do -- i do not think we have ever met. our human rights commissioner is here. and our school board is here. john from our city administrator's office. also, john from the park's alliance, who has been a great story of this site. -- steward of this site. we have a number of staff. the chief gardner
planting these trees all over the united states. thank you again for coming. i hope this tree, the cherry tree, will further blossom in the years to come. 6 trees we have planted in the square. and nine trees in golden gate park. still more in san francisco. more than 150 years of history of cultural exchange. this is really a great place. i cannot think of a more fitting location to plant a tree. thank you for coming and i hope you will enjoy it. [applause] >> one other short, special...
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. >>> he did not want to go to the united states said it was was to help them get back into china to be a freedom fighter as he wanted or if the conditions of negotiations with chinese government for not to his satisfaction and he was prepared to stay in the embassy and live there or possibly years. >>> the brought his wife to beijing and promised he would be reunited with his family and given a scholarship to attend law school. athematic the embassy. >>> attorneys that is live to be sent back to the village where the two of them had languished under house arrest. he talked of his wife twice. and then made that decision on his own. to come out of the embassy and to rejoin the family. >>> remember asking him in front of many witnesses are you ready to leave is this we want to do? >>> and he sat there and pause for a quiet for several minutes and then to jump up being excited and said let's go. >>> he was reunited this family but also back in a chinese control. apparently decided he would be better off coming to the neda states. the former president bill clinton was in the bay area ton
. >>> he did not want to go to the united states said it was was to help them get back into china to be a freedom fighter as he wanted or if the conditions of negotiations with chinese government for not to his satisfaction and he was prepared to stay in the embassy and live there or possibly years. >>> the brought his wife to beijing and promised he would be reunited with his family and given a scholarship to attend law school. athematic the embassy. >>> attorneys...
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new research shows the number of united states babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawalprescription drugs has tripled in a decade. 13,000 infants were affected in 20019, they estimate -- 2009. if you don't think the problem affects your community in particular, think again. matt jablow joins us live with a story of one part of montgomery county that has been especially hard hit. matt? >> reporter heroin use has long been a problem associated with inner cities, but many suburban parts of washington are finding out the hard way. heroin is no longer just a big city problem. >> there can never be a good out come from drugs. >> reporter: 18-year-old lea spends a lot of time thinking about a day in 2009 when she had a heart attack and was paralyzed from the neck down after using heroin for the first and only time of her life. >> i think back and i'm like, you know, why did i ever do that? >> reporter: since that day, she and her mother, lisa, who live in germantown, have made it their mission to reach out to young people in hopes of convincing them not to use drugs. >> when she came home
new research shows the number of united states babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawalprescription drugs has tripled in a decade. 13,000 infants were affected in 20019, they estimate -- 2009. if you don't think the problem affects your community in particular, think again. matt jablow joins us live with a story of one part of montgomery county that has been especially hard hit. matt? >> reporter heroin use has long been a problem associated with inner cities, but many suburban...
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government, the state department, secretary clinton and the united states. i hope i will visit this great country one day, but now i just want to the stay with my friends in china. what i want is for all of my friends to be safe. now, that is very courageous on her part, because even though pearl was not tortured during this most recent detention, she has suffered significant violence. specifically, on january 10th of 2011 she drove to cheng's village where plain clothed guards smashed her car outside of his home. then on may 30th, 2011 she went to yinon county and plained clothed cars kidnapped rob and beat her and in fact struck her face 30 to 40 times. she was subjected to a painful position for four hours while being driven in a car and then dumped on the road. then i june 6, 2011 she went again tore cheng's case and local officials kidnapped her, robbed her. plained clothes guards drove her over four miles and kicked off out of into a field and where they tried to stuff her socks into her mouth and tied her up and touched her breasts. despite the violen
government, the state department, secretary clinton and the united states. i hope i will visit this great country one day, but now i just want to the stay with my friends in china. what i want is for all of my friends to be safe. now, that is very courageous on her part, because even though pearl was not tortured during this most recent detention, she has suffered significant violence. specifically, on january 10th of 2011 she drove to cheng's village where plain clothed guards smashed her car...
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in the united states, it could be paid order given freely. we actually get more reliable supply and a higher quality of blood if you don't pay for it at all. this is a study that he did. he also said, apart from the blood topic, there is something to be said for a society that encourages an honors health. you will a road that if you start paying people. if you do pay people, others can still, if they want to, say no, no thank you. if you say and if they began to fill -- it dishonors the all tourism and the social solidarity. coming to your question about my colleague, and many economists, who say that we should conserve altruism. we could conserve solidarity and not spend it down. you need it when you really need it, when markets can do the work. first of all, it is not supported empirically. this is just a folk wisdom that some economists rule out to defend, for example, the market of blood. it could be an opposite market for marketing kidneys. what mrs. these sentiments and virtues of fellow feeling, all tourism, love, for that matter, and
in the united states, it could be paid order given freely. we actually get more reliable supply and a higher quality of blood if you don't pay for it at all. this is a study that he did. he also said, apart from the blood topic, there is something to be said for a society that encourages an honors health. you will a road that if you start paying people. if you do pay people, others can still, if they want to, say no, no thank you. if you say and if they began to fill -- it dishonors the all...
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you always think the next president of the united states is going to be nicer to reporters than the one before. at the risk of sounding libe a ger i have a -- sounding like a geriatric reporter, it makes you picks up on stories that the sanctioned reporters are always there for the press conference. there is a new generation making a change. to me that's what they did. that's extra coverage to be on the outside and the inside. that's a good thing. >> so you went to russia. >> i did. >> and what kind of comparison do you have? >> the thing about the russians is they love to talk. you couldn't get them to stop talking. in china it was a little harder to pull stuff out, and people were so -- you had to spend such a long time talking about the fact that you were a foreigner and that you spoke chinese and that you commented on that for a long time before you could start asking questions. i think russia in the time of glastnost was more open than china in the 19 0's. i don't know about today. you do have a more southern region or chinese provocation doing interesting things. and the internet
you always think the next president of the united states is going to be nicer to reporters than the one before. at the risk of sounding libe a ger i have a -- sounding like a geriatric reporter, it makes you picks up on stories that the sanctioned reporters are always there for the press conference. there is a new generation making a change. to me that's what they did. that's extra coverage to be on the outside and the inside. that's a good thing. >> so you went to russia. >> i did....
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japan plans to acquire 42 units of the f-35, a jet that has been developed by the united states and other countries. japan earmarked funds to purchase four units this fiscal year on the assumption that each aircraft would cost about $120 million. but the u.s. defense department says in a recent report to congress that the price per unit is expected to reach around $240 million. the figures include the replacement of engines and other parts as well as the cost of training pilots. these calculations could affect japan's decision to go ahead with the procurement plan. >>> japan told egypt that it's ready to help promote democracy in the arab nation. foreign minister koichiro gemba met egyptian president kamal ganzouri in cairo. egypt will have its first presidential election since the collapse of the mubarak administration. gemba said it's important that egypt's historical change leads to peace. he pointed out that stability in egypt is the key to a stable middle east. he added this will also directly affect japan. gemba said japan will make the most of its expertise in experience during rec
japan plans to acquire 42 units of the f-35, a jet that has been developed by the united states and other countries. japan earmarked funds to purchase four units this fiscal year on the assumption that each aircraft would cost about $120 million. but the u.s. defense department says in a recent report to congress that the price per unit is expected to reach around $240 million. the figures include the replacement of engines and other parts as well as the cost of training pilots. these...
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the united states has refused. but rasmussen said russia's fears were groundless. >> i think the best way that the russians could see with their own eyes that our system is not directed against russia would be to engage actively in the cooperation that we have suggested. >> the defense system is to be completed in four phases by about 2020 and includes intercepted missiles based in poland and romania. >> on to business now. facebook has set an ipo price of between $28 and $35 a share, which could value the company of up to $96 billion a share, dwarfing its rivals. >> trading in facebook stock is slated for may 18. it said to make company founder mark zuckerberg one of the richest people in the world. he is due to sell about 5% of his stake in the company and raise $1 billion in the process. our correspondent at the frankfurt stock exchange gave us this round of friday's trade. >> people here at the stock market sincerely hope that the facebook ipo will be a success. it is important that they are glad the process of
the united states has refused. but rasmussen said russia's fears were groundless. >> i think the best way that the russians could see with their own eyes that our system is not directed against russia would be to engage actively in the cooperation that we have suggested. >> the defense system is to be completed in four phases by about 2020 and includes intercepted missiles based in poland and romania. >> on to business now. facebook has set an ipo price of between $28 and $35...
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that's what the united states is about. that is why they had lady lebanonty during the tiananmen square demonstrations 22 years ago. if we fail at that we are doing ourselves a disservice, doing our values a disservice and the chinese people a similar kind disservice. that is what we stand for. everyone understands this. he wasn't going to the russian embassy. he wasn't going to the cuban embassy. he was going to the american embassy and we have to honor that mission. >> point of pride should be that they keep coming to the american embassy. we have to take one more break. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ wer surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to d
that's what the united states is about. that is why they had lady lebanonty during the tiananmen square demonstrations 22 years ago. if we fail at that we are doing ourselves a disservice, doing our values a disservice and the chinese people a similar kind disservice. that is what we stand for. everyone understands this. he wasn't going to the russian embassy. he wasn't going to the cuban embassy. he was going to the american embassy and we have to honor that mission. >> point of pride...
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that's what the united states is about. that is why they had lady lebanonty during the tiananmen square demonstrations 22 years ago. if we fail at that we are doing ourselves a disservice, doing our values a disservice and the chinese people a similar kind disservice. that is what we stand for. everyone understands this. he wasn't going to the russian embassy. he wasn't going to the cuban embassy. he was going to the american embassy and we have to honor that mission. >> point of pride should be that they keep coming to the american embassy. embassy. we have to take one more i take insulin, so i test... lot. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? i don't see... beep! wow! that didn't take much blood. yeah, and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. yep. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? so testing is one less thing i have to worry about today. great. call or click today and get strips and a meter free. test ey. >> the president of the united states
that's what the united states is about. that is why they had lady lebanonty during the tiananmen square demonstrations 22 years ago. if we fail at that we are doing ourselves a disservice, doing our values a disservice and the chinese people a similar kind disservice. that is what we stand for. everyone understands this. he wasn't going to the russian embassy. he wasn't going to the cuban embassy. he was going to the american embassy and we have to honor that mission. >> point of pride...
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today, basically 80% of all the loans in the united states are processed through their software. we will see much more of this. we want to talk about not as public companies, tons of this. all of these guys uses the original cloud service. a lot of people have asked me why we call it a cloud. what does this come from? it is pretty simple. in the old days of client-server computing -- some of us were around them -- we would draw a picture of a pc, a picture of a unix server, and then a picture of a little clout in between. mostly because none of us understood how networks work. for the old folks in the room, you may remember certain words. this is all communication technology developed for corporations to build their own networks. that sounds like crazy talk today, right? nobody does that anymore. everybody is using ip, mpls- based networks. that is the network cloud. the network guys realize that in order to build a network service, they had to put these things called switches and routers in a room that had high quality power, guard dogs out front, and not located on a fault line
today, basically 80% of all the loans in the united states are processed through their software. we will see much more of this. we want to talk about not as public companies, tons of this. all of these guys uses the original cloud service. a lot of people have asked me why we call it a cloud. what does this come from? it is pretty simple. in the old days of client-server computing -- some of us were around them -- we would draw a picture of a pc, a picture of a unix server, and then a picture...
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government, state department, secretary clinton, and the united states. i hope i will visit this great country one day, but now i just want to stay with my friends. in china. where i want all my friends to be safe. that's courageous on her part. she was not tortured in the most recent detention, she's suffered significant violence. specifically on january 10th of 2011 she drove to a village where a plain clothed guards smashed her car outside of a home. on may 30th, 2011, she went to the case, and plain clothed guards kidnapped beat her and struck her face 30 to 40 times. she was subjected to a painful position for four hours while being driven in a car and then dumped on a road. on june 6th, 2011, she went to the county again for chen's case, and locals kidnapped her, robbed her, plain clothed guards drove her for four hours and kicked her into a field, stuffed her socks into her hot, tied her up, and touched her breasts. pearl wants to remain in china for the protection of her friends, and her courage and commitment is to be commended and admired. chen
government, state department, secretary clinton, and the united states. i hope i will visit this great country one day, but now i just want to stay with my friends. in china. where i want all my friends to be safe. that's courageous on her part. she was not tortured in the most recent detention, she's suffered significant violence. specifically on january 10th of 2011 she drove to a village where a plain clothed guards smashed her car outside of a home. on may 30th, 2011, she went to the case,...
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chen guangcheng, the blind boy that escaped to the united states. and he had wrote about it on his favorite porn site. and apparently this site has learned some great techniques of getting around the great fire wall of china. and as a result it used those to create a vibrant forum. and a lot of people on their e-mail list and constantly sending out sources of their web address. >> new idea for the website. that's awesome. that has to be the overwhelming good news, the internet and all ways to get past the great firewall of china. that's huge. it's hopeful. >> i have these shadows on the cave wall. but chinese journalists come through washington and come by the office to visit. and if you watch the kind of questions you get asked. when i moved back to the west in '99, and most toured across the west and shop in century 21. and today people come into my office and tweet what we say. and probably not tweet worthy but that never stopped anyone. and they ask questions about business models and how we manage public relations and with the government and wh
chen guangcheng, the blind boy that escaped to the united states. and he had wrote about it on his favorite porn site. and apparently this site has learned some great techniques of getting around the great fire wall of china. and as a result it used those to create a vibrant forum. and a lot of people on their e-mail list and constantly sending out sources of their web address. >> new idea for the website. that's awesome. that has to be the overwhelming good news, the internet and all...
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not only in the united states, however, but around the world. it was at that time you started seeing some really fascinating blogs coming out of the middle east, africa, asia, the former soviet states and so on. and so i ended up not going back to cnn. i was very excited about this idea that, you know, we the foreign correspondents don't have to be gate keepers any more. if my bosses won't let me cover my region the way i think the people of that region deserve to be covered it doesn't matter so much any more because the people of that region can cover themselves or have the opportunity to do matters into their own hands as they feel that the international media is failing to represent them properly. so i got together with a colleague at something called the berkman center for internet society -- i've been a perpetual fellow. i'm sort of -- >> one of the fellows. >> you're supported by public funding, i'm supported by foundations and random rich people. but, you know -- but we created something called global voices online where we basically invi
not only in the united states, however, but around the world. it was at that time you started seeing some really fascinating blogs coming out of the middle east, africa, asia, the former soviet states and so on. and so i ended up not going back to cnn. i was very excited about this idea that, you know, we the foreign correspondents don't have to be gate keepers any more. if my bosses won't let me cover my region the way i think the people of that region deserve to be covered it doesn't matter...
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of the united states of america. [ applause ] she's always ahead of me. secretary of state, madam clinton. you shattered the glass ceiling like no one else with 18 million votes. and i was struggling very hard with zero vote. when i last saw hillary she was being introduced by meryl streep at the woman of the world summit in new york. and meryl handed her an oscar. i can surely say that nobody has ever given me an oscar. although, inside job got the oscar for documentary films. holy cow. i thought maybe i could outdo madam secretary of state. i worked hard on my twitter account. i have hundreds of thousands of chinese followers. but you know the tweets from lagarde, forget it. they can't possibly compete with the texts from hillary. and i'm sure you've all seen the photo. there she is hillary sitting in a military plane with dark glasses on, reading her messages on blackberry surrounded by very tense and anxious men. very cool. very cool. my favorite text from hillary is the one where rachel maddow asks her who runs the world? 140 character response forge
of the united states of america. [ applause ] she's always ahead of me. secretary of state, madam clinton. you shattered the glass ceiling like no one else with 18 million votes. and i was struggling very hard with zero vote. when i last saw hillary she was being introduced by meryl streep at the woman of the world summit in new york. and meryl handed her an oscar. i can surely say that nobody has ever given me an oscar. although, inside job got the oscar for documentary films. holy cow. i...
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now on his way to the united states. he can't stay in china, fears for his life here in recent days, said his family, who have pen left behind, brother, nephews, extended family have been arrested, beaten. his nephew placed on attempted murder charge for defending himself against these attacks. not the environment he felt safe in, now winging his way to new york. >> he's headed to newark, you mention the job at nyu, do we know where he will stay or does he have help or guidance there. >> reporter: there has been a lot of support for him, a big chinese community in the united states. a big chinese christian community very vocal and supportive throughout the story. he has friends within the academic community, close friend in new york university who provided this position for him. so it looks as though things will be taken care of at that end. he is a man who has lived his entire life in china, doesn't speak english, mind, self-taught lawyer, lived in a small village and going to be in new york, leaving behind everything h
now on his way to the united states. he can't stay in china, fears for his life here in recent days, said his family, who have pen left behind, brother, nephews, extended family have been arrested, beaten. his nephew placed on attempted murder charge for defending himself against these attacks. not the environment he felt safe in, now winging his way to new york. >> he's headed to newark, you mention the job at nyu, do we know where he will stay or does he have help or guidance there....
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united states is suspending most sanctions against burma in response to reforms. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will allow american companies to invest in burma, but an arms embargo will remain. and a chinese activist has given details of his torture and retribution they said they suffered at the hands of chinese authorities. the bbc has obtained the first interviews with his family members since he escaped from house arrest last month and fled to the american embassy in beijing, causing a diplomatic crisis. we have more from damascus. >> the human rights activist whose daring escape into the arms of american diplomats put china and america at loggerheads. for 15 days, he had been under guard at a beijing hospital. just how he managed to flee his illegal house arrest, and then adding dozens of guards watching him is becoming more clear. first, he had to scale the walls of his house. as he did, he fell and broke his foot. he head -- hid in a neighbor's pig sty and then late that night went to the river. he could not swim across, but the guards on the bridge wer
united states is suspending most sanctions against burma in response to reforms. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will allow american companies to invest in burma, but an arms embargo will remain. and a chinese activist has given details of his torture and retribution they said they suffered at the hands of chinese authorities. the bbc has obtained the first interviews with his family members since he escaped from house arrest last month and fled to the american embassy in beijing,...
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does he have a chance to come to the united states? >> i think there is a little opening, a little crack with respect to the state department. they have softened up understand over the last couple of days. they are saying that even if he might have originally said he wanted to stay in china, now he says he wants to come to america, and they are acknowledging that he has changed his position. my hope is that they will change his position. the fact that he is not in the embassy anymore complicates matters. but the united states, having botched the situation, there will be less repercussions from trying to get him out of the hospital and back into the embassy and into the united states than simply abandoning him at this juncture. >> good to talk to you. thank you very much. >> it was responding to a resolution from the un security council threatening sanctions against both countries unless the cross border violence and within 48 hours. violence between government troops and opposition fighters have forced people from their homes. increasi
does he have a chance to come to the united states? >> i think there is a little opening, a little crack with respect to the state department. they have softened up understand over the last couple of days. they are saying that even if he might have originally said he wanted to stay in china, now he says he wants to come to america, and they are acknowledging that he has changed his position. my hope is that they will change his position. the fact that he is not in the embassy anymore...
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the united states, so this was potentially a revolutionary situation. unfortunately china has reverted back to form. they have been cracking down on dissidents for a number of years since the beijing olympics. they don't want to see a beijing spring, and it has been a very tough time for mr. chen and other activists. he was able to evade house arrest as a blind activist. extraordinary gesture of her rowism. >> the gesture really is something straight out of a hollywood script. you read the stories and say this doesn't happen in the real world. apparently it does. was there some sense that he could do this at the very moment that this summit was about to take place -- or not a summit i guess the president is there, but secretary clinton would be in china did he understand he would become a much greater focal point because of the timing? >> certainly that has been the net effect. you have china works hard to try to maintain reasonable relations to the united states but strategic and economic dialogue touches on the full range of issues, and what is a thic
the united states, so this was potentially a revolutionary situation. unfortunately china has reverted back to form. they have been cracking down on dissidents for a number of years since the beijing olympics. they don't want to see a beijing spring, and it has been a very tough time for mr. chen and other activists. he was able to evade house arrest as a blind activist. extraordinary gesture of her rowism. >> the gesture really is something straight out of a hollywood script. you read...
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clen is going to go back to the united states with secretary clinton. i think that would be something that the chinese would have strong objections to. in terms of the symbol of them fielding to pressure coming from the united states. that's something at this point in time with so much change in china, not only with leadership but on the ground with bo xilai and other corruption, they can't be in a position of showing weakness in the face of the united states. i doubt whether he'll be going back at this time. what might be possible is over the a period of time for the chinese to come to the conclusion that allowing him to travel to the united states and go into permanent exile with his family would be better for them since it would at least deflect attention on his activities which i'm sure he is going to try to continue as long as he's in china. i think at this point not much will happen over the long term they may find it in their interest to allow him to leave. >> at the same time, it really was clear that he initially told them, according to all of
clen is going to go back to the united states with secretary clinton. i think that would be something that the chinese would have strong objections to. in terms of the symbol of them fielding to pressure coming from the united states. that's something at this point in time with so much change in china, not only with leadership but on the ground with bo xilai and other corruption, they can't be in a position of showing weakness in the face of the united states. i doubt whether he'll be going...
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may god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we are live in a couple of hours with a panel on cyber security. it takes place at 9:00 a.m. on c-span2. up next, we will take your calls and e-mails live on "washington journal." later, we -- newt gingrich with dolls from the presidential campaign. that is live at 3:00 is -- that is live at 3:00 is david lampton joins us. we talk about his trip to beijing with the secretary geithner and secretary clinton. and then,
may god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we are live in a couple of hours with a panel on cyber security. it takes place at 9:00 a.m. on c-span2. up next, we will take your calls and e-mails live on "washington journal." later, we -- newt gingrich with dolls from the presidential campaign. that is live at 3:00 is -- that is live at 3:00 is david lampton joins...
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mission, the united states arch to the united nations for years. >>guest: i don't him. i don't know the circumstances and the campaign has responded to that and i am sure they would respond to you if you asked. what i can tell you and what i have seen not public statements, government romney says they hire people based on merit andc1[ qualifications and ability to do the job. i have seen them state that leading the campaign was a decision he made. he was not asked. >>chris: but senator, a point that obama made yesterday, president obama made in the speech yesterday, he says the republicans and romney will take this country back when it comes to gay rights and birth control and when it comes to abortion. >>guest: well, there are differences of opinion between the parties on the issues. for example on the issue of life, yes, the republican party by and large, although there is diversity on the life issua
mission, the united states arch to the united nations for years. >>guest: i don't him. i don't know the circumstances and the campaign has responded to that and i am sure they would respond to you if you asked. what i can tell you and what i have seen not public statements, government romney says they hire people based on merit andc1[ qualifications and ability to do the job. i have seen them state that leading the campaign was a decision he made. he was not asked. >>chris: but...
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got a phone call to pack is back he left a beijing hospital and ordered a flight to the united states with his wife and children. his flight landed at north liberty airport outside of new york, the trip ended a diplomatic tug-of-war that lasted nearly a month. the blind activist and outspoken critic of china's forced abortion policy. he escaped house arrest and sought refuge at the american embassy in beijing. the u.s. struck a deal to lie and to get treatment and a reunited with his family once there and he asked to leave china. hillary clinton started negotiations and got him out of the country. >>> for the past seven years i've never had a day's rest i've come here for recuperation in body and spirit >>> he says he will continue to fight injustice as he studies law at nyu in manhattan. >>> a police dog recovers in a sacramento hospital after being shot by a suspected car thief officers and the canine boding chased the gunman through a neighborhood forcing three schools into lockdown the suspect critically wounded boding the officer fired back and killed the gunman. >>> and he was n
got a phone call to pack is back he left a beijing hospital and ordered a flight to the united states with his wife and children. his flight landed at north liberty airport outside of new york, the trip ended a diplomatic tug-of-war that lasted nearly a month. the blind activist and outspoken critic of china's forced abortion policy. he escaped house arrest and sought refuge at the american embassy in beijing. the u.s. struck a deal to lie and to get treatment and a reunited with his family...
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the united states has to decide what is the best -- basic position to china? we can try to engage china, treat them respectfully as a growing power. there are many benefits -- there is terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, and, of course, economic interests. so, number one, engage china. the other is to go on a path of positioning military force, and china, selling more arms to taiwan, sending airplanes to go spy on them, as we do daily. i'm not saying that in the longer run we might not have to face up to them, but there is no time to hedge for peace. >> there are things china doing that do not seem as benign as you suggest. they made a grab for global resources that has never been seen in all of history. the british empire, the scramble for africa, it was nothing like this screen. they have gone across the globe, building in the caribbean, all sorts of facilities in africa, warding off the bad governments of africa by saying we do not want to criticize you, we just want your copper and your oil, and the africans wake up and find out they are not getting
the united states has to decide what is the best -- basic position to china? we can try to engage china, treat them respectfully as a growing power. there are many benefits -- there is terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, and, of course, economic interests. so, number one, engage china. the other is to go on a path of positioning military force, and china, selling more arms to taiwan, sending airplanes to go spy on them, as we do daily. i'm not saying that in the longer run we might not...
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states and demanded that the united states not take the steps that they obviously took to get chen into the embassy. we don't know whether the u.s. has apologized yet. it does appear to have come close, through earlier public statements to committing not to bring other dissidents in. we don't know the full cost of the deal. >> greta: why does china want him at this point? i mean, isn't it just vindictive, why not get rid of him? he has been sitting there, causing trouble. i think, let him go. >> i think it is not clear at this point whether they want cokeep him and intimidate him or let him go. i think this campaign that we have seen in the chinese press to demonize him and call him a tool of the united states is consistent with either hopoth sis. but here's an penitentiary point. if he's allowed to leave, he won't be allowed to leave under terms where he will ever get back into china. he has been criticized for treason. if he gets to go to nyu law school, he better hope he can pass the bar because he's want going back to china. >> greta: is he the accidental dissident in the sense ther
states and demanded that the united states not take the steps that they obviously took to get chen into the embassy. we don't know whether the u.s. has apologized yet. it does appear to have come close, through earlier public statements to committing not to bring other dissidents in. we don't know the full cost of the deal. >> greta: why does china want him at this point? i mean, isn't it just vindictive, why not get rid of him? he has been sitting there, causing trouble. i think, let him...
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embassy and requesting asylum in the united states. tell your friends and estimated half a million people in china are currently under punitive detention without being formally charged with or tried for a crime. this is according to amnesty international, says imprisonment of human rights activist on the rise in china. the country remains the leading executioner of citizens in the world. 55 crimes are punishable by death in china. >>> and let's huddle around the water cooler to watch newt gingrich formally drop out of the race. he said he would leave yesterday and did it officially and said he can trace the downfall of his campaign back to that moon colony. >> my wife has pointed out to me approximately 219 times, give or take three, that moon colony was probably not my most clever comment in this campaign. i thought frankly in my role as providing material for saturday night live it was helpful, but the underlying key point is real. what i called for is beginning to happen. you have noticed in the last week, founders of google are tal
embassy and requesting asylum in the united states. tell your friends and estimated half a million people in china are currently under punitive detention without being formally charged with or tried for a crime. this is according to amnesty international, says imprisonment of human rights activist on the rise in china. the country remains the leading executioner of citizens in the world. 55 crimes are punishable by death in china. >>> and let's huddle around the water cooler to watch...
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states so they can rest and have further studies in the you -- united states institutions. it shows that our countries recognize the fate of chen guangcheng. we hope that members of congress can provide all the tools that the menstruation needs to back up the commitment and follow-through, and it will certainly -- i will look forward to the day when chen and his wife and two children can touch the soil in the united states of america very soon. hopefully. >> pastor bob fu, thank you so much for your testimony and insights. i now yield to wei jingsheng. a political prisoner for 18 years. the father of the democracy movement. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in january 1904, 1994, i met for three hours in beijing. he was aware of the policy for chinese human rights. at the time, the secretary of the statement with me in beijing in that spring. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: since then, there is a very important negotiation going on. that negotiation has not only affected the human rights situation in china, but also u.s. and china relationships. [speakin
states so they can rest and have further studies in the you -- united states institutions. it shows that our countries recognize the fate of chen guangcheng. we hope that members of congress can provide all the tools that the menstruation needs to back up the commitment and follow-through, and it will certainly -- i will look forward to the day when chen and his wife and two children can touch the soil in the united states of america very soon. hopefully. >> pastor bob fu, thank you so...
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idea that there's freedom in the united states and you can make yourself or you can and so forth and a little bit is is involved now in china to was not a question everyone asks themselves is china socialism or is it economical isn't it i'm not even talking in terms of ideology but in terms of a regime it's not socialism but it's socialism and chinese characters now if you can figure out what that means that would be that would help a lot because no one knows what it means it's not a socialist country it's not a communist country but you know here we're sitting in russia i think about this at the end of the last century two great countries gave up communism russia and china and what's happened china is number number two in the world economically russians will stuck in the mud by day and energy too much energy in their economy and too little energy in their people to be there they'd like way behind of these two countries to gave up on this very. actually study i don't think it's been done but it's certainly an interesting question. how did china do it and and why is pressure couldn't
idea that there's freedom in the united states and you can make yourself or you can and so forth and a little bit is is involved now in china to was not a question everyone asks themselves is china socialism or is it economical isn't it i'm not even talking in terms of ideology but in terms of a regime it's not socialism but it's socialism and chinese characters now if you can figure out what that means that would be that would help a lot because no one knows what it means it's not a socialist...
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to make the decision and the united states hid behind the opposition of russia and china at the united nations security council. now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i'm very dubious about this whole story about the promise of jihadists. but the responsibility is borne by the democracy. >> you have just returned from turkey and you have been to the refugee camps along the turkish- syrian border. did you find any willing was in turkey from syria's neighbor that they do something about what's happening across the border? >> these refugee camps are the home of the true historian of the rebellion. that is where you get educated about what is happening in these last accrual 15 months. the answer as to whether they are ready to do the right thing by the rebellion, i think there is readiness to take the risk, but everyone is waiting for barack obama and everyone is waiting for the united states. they will not do anything without american support. the libyans report -- the libyans support this rebellion. the saudis are willing to do the proper thing. it all requires american leaders
to make the decision and the united states hid behind the opposition of russia and china at the united nations security council. now we find ourselves in this desperate moment. i'm very dubious about this whole story about the promise of jihadists. but the responsibility is borne by the democracy. >> you have just returned from turkey and you have been to the refugee camps along the turkish- syrian border. did you find any willing was in turkey from syria's neighbor that they do something...
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britain and the united states were among others ordering syrian officials,. >> we will go on trying to increase international pressure on the regime. this is part of that. >> serious top diplomats and others at the embassy in london have been given seven days to leave britain. it is part of concerted worldwide exploration from many capitals designed to send a strong signal to president bashar al-assad. in damascus, the u.n. special envoy burned president -- urged president bashar al-assad to stop the killing. but the president denied having anything to do with the deaths. it didn't look like a meeting of minds. >> we are at a tipping point. the syrian people do not want a future to be one of bloodshed and division. yet the killings continue and the abuses are with us today. >> if the massacre is a tipping point, it could be to still greater violence. the regime has so far always calculated that its survival depends on overwhelming force, not on dialogue. >> for more on the diplomatic moves to isolate the regime, i spoke to the u.s. state department spokesman. i have to say after the ev
britain and the united states were among others ordering syrian officials,. >> we will go on trying to increase international pressure on the regime. this is part of that. >> serious top diplomats and others at the embassy in london have been given seven days to leave britain. it is part of concerted worldwide exploration from many capitals designed to send a strong signal to president bashar al-assad. in damascus, the u.n. special envoy burned president -- urged president bashar...
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the wto is the place where issues are brought forward by china and the united states. so far, they have been all resolved peacefully. let me go back -- political scientists like to distinguish between capabilities and intentions. an interesting point on the intention issue. china looks like the soviet union -- after all, they have a similar political issue. what they saw it is weak, the united states, succeeded in driving them into bankruptcy. president reagan, one of the things he did is accelerate the arms race because he knew the russian economy, which was much weaker, could not keep up and would end up broken, and that is exactly what happened. one of the many reasons the communist regime collapsed. in china, the economy is much, much smaller per capita than ours, they looked at the experience of the soviet union and decided they would not fall into the trap. they would not allow us to force them into an arms race and it bankrupt in their economy. >> over the last several decades we have seen various concerns. in the russians were coming, they went away. the japane
the wto is the place where issues are brought forward by china and the united states. so far, they have been all resolved peacefully. let me go back -- political scientists like to distinguish between capabilities and intentions. an interesting point on the intention issue. china looks like the soviet union -- after all, they have a similar political issue. what they saw it is weak, the united states, succeeded in driving them into bankruptcy. president reagan, one of the things he did is...